Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-23
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New British Vessels.
4 Washington telegram to the New
York S,U says The launch last week
at Pola % tie new Austrian armOr-clad
Kronpriuz Rudolf has an interest for
our Navy department, because she be-
longs to tie class Of me6ium-si2ed
battle-ships like Brazil's Riachuelo,
Eussias Admiral Nachimoff, Eng
lands lmperleusc, and China's Ting
luen, winch orr navy IS to emu
hate in the two new armOr-clads
ordered 10y Congress. The new
Austrian vessel is built Of steel, and IS
of about $500 tons displacement, with
eleven and twelve inches of arm0r ut
the battery and belt, and is to have a
speed OF fourteen knots. Her launch
at Pola has followed upon series Of
Austrian naval manmuvres, in which
the ironclads Tegetthoif, Custoza and
Archduke Albert have taken part, to-
gether with the torpedo. vessels Pan
lUtI, JtblldAh' "h't i4N7o - PN''''N'
many torpcdo-boatS.
The French armor-clad Marceau,
built at La Seyne AID Il unched about
three weeks ago, isa much larger vei iel
h-ving O,jC0 tons displacement, with
engines Of l2,0 t9 horse power at ,o.ced
druieht, which should give her n speed
Of nearly seventeen knots. Herturrets
are well protected by steel-platcs, and
will contain powerful guns. The Bren
nus. the EOche, the Magenta, and the
N,pture are all French armored YES
scls of about the saMe displacement,
now in course of completion.
The Victoria, heavy British iron
clad. launched during tho present SEA-
son from the El>wick shipyard, has eX-
actly the some horsepower, l2,0OO, As
the French vessels just mentioned, and,
ike them, il expected to make seven
teen knots. She carries armor eigh-
teen inches thick and two 1O-t0n
Guns, besides over forty smaller ones,
including dozen siX-inch guns. Prior
TO her construction the Eeaviest British
vessels in the new fleet were the Ben
bow and the Camperdown, which
will be fully ready Tor service next
year. The third OF their type, which Is
that of barbotte vessels, is the Arson.
The sister ship of the Victoria VIII be
the Sans Pareil, while the Nile and
Trafalgar, also turret-ships like them,
will be even heavier, reaching dis
placement of close upon 1900 tons,
with 1900 horsepower each. They
will not be completed until the year
1891. While they are to cost little
more than the Victoria and Sans Pa
reil, they carry guns of smaller
calibre, the main battery of each
being four 67-ton guns. The Ed
inburgh and Hero, of the turret class,
and the Howe. Rodney, Collingwood,
lmplriou.c, and Wa.spite, barbettes,
are the remaining British ironc.ld5 OF
most interest. The two Latter, i'll their
tonnage, horse power, speed, which Is
II knots, armaMent, and general class,
more nearly conform to our new battle
ship and armorcd cruiser. Seven ar
mor-platcd cruisers Of 5000 tons, with
$500 horse power and IS knots speed,
most Of them to be completed next
year, are also among new British ar
morcd vessels.
Denmark's Iyer Hintfeldt, now APP
preaching completion, is a good though
not large vessel. Her burden is
$3.50 tons, her engines of 5000 horse
power, her armor-plates from s to IL
inches thick, while her battery contains
two I0-inch and four 5-inch guns.
Italy shrinks at no expense for her
navy. The Italia and Lepanto have
cost 81. 500, 000 each, and the three yes
sells of the Andrea Dorea type $1,000
OC0 each. Two later vessels are TO cost
S4,400,CO0 each. The Francesca Mort
SIM has displacement of 1000 tons,
a speed of sixteen knots, and battery
OF four lO0-ton guns. One OF the most
remarkable features in the Re UmbertO
is the power of her engines, which are
Maudslay's and develop the unprece-
dented collective horse-powerof 1880.
The Italian torpedo cruisers, Etna,
Stromboli, and NesuyiO, arelnterestlng,
as also are the fourteen tOrpedo-bOats
constructed by Herr Schiclu for the
Italian Government, one of which re
Gently attained a speed OF nearly
tweniy-three knots with forced draught
But, perhaps, the new cruiser Dogali
is on some accounts to on" navy,
now engaged largely on fast unar-
mored ships, the most interesting of
new Italian vessels. She has a length
over all of 267 feet, breadth OF 81, a
depth Of 2Ol, IA draught Of AZ, dis
placement OF 1850 tons, and horse
power Of 1000, which can be increased
under forced draught to 400, and will
then give a speed of l9i knots. She is
fitted with triple expans on engines,
made by Messrs. Hawthorne, Leslie *
Co. of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
In the French navy the Formidable,
with her thick armor-belt of nearly %
inches, her displacement OF 1880
tons, and her speed of 10 knots, is no.
ticeable Russia has powerful vessels
in her Catherine IL, Alexander H.,
Tchesme, Sinope, and Nachimoh.